Should tMR allow .blend files?

[Petie]

I have always been in favor of incorporating Blender into the tMR mix but as I don't really know much about models myself, I haven't really been able to push that opinion. I will say that I wouldn't consider .blend files proprietary any more than I would .zip or .mp3. Sure, support for .blend files isn't necessarily baked into the OS but there's no barrier to entry given that the software is freely available. I realize that you could make the same argument for .rar or .7z in that case but I'd argue that limiting archives to .zip makes sense since pretty much all systems have native access to that format. Since basically nothing has native 3D model viewing capabilities (though it seems Windows is trying to incorporate a rudimentary viewer now?), you need to download something to view and interact with them and a free and open source tool is far easier to stomach than a closed, paid software suite.